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' E. P. SEARS.

BUCKLE.

Patented Dec. 5, 1882:.

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PATENT @FFICE.

EDWIN I. SEARS, or

BUFFALO, NE W YORK.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,550, dated December 5, 1882.

Application filed July 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN P. SEARs,of the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of buckles which are provided at one end with a hook or bent portion around which the strap is bent, and by which the bent portion of the strap is supported and relieved from wear.

The object of this invention is to construct the buckle in such manner that both ends of the strap can be readily and securely attached thereto and be adjusted thereon, thereby adapting the buckle especially for connecting both ends of heme-straps.

My invention consists,to thatend, ofthe particular construction of the buckle, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved buckle applied to a strap. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with one end of the strap turned sidewise to expose the buckle. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the buckle with the strap removed.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A A represent the curved side bars of the buckle-frame,havingtheirfrontends connected together and bent upwardly and backwardly, so as to form a hook, B.-

0 represents a cross-bar arranged on the under side of the side bars, A, near the hook B.

d represents a cross-bar arranged nearly midway between the ends of the buckle-frame; and 6 represents a tongue pivoted to the crossbar d, and having its free end turned'toward the hook B.

f represents a cross-bar arranged between the cross-bar d and the hook B, and adapted to support the free end of the tongue 0, the latter bearing against the under side of the cross-bar f, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

g represents a cross-bar arranged in rear of the crossbar d; and It represents a tongue pivoted to the cross-bar g, and having its free end turned toward the rear end of the buckle frame. 7

side of the cross-bar 2.

One end of the buckle by means bars, A, of the buckle-frame, and underneath at their highest-point.

in the drawings,

rear end of the buckle. The end of the strap Fig. 1.

It is obvious from the foregoing that both ends of thestrap are securely attached to the buckle, and that either end can be readily adjusted on the buckle, as may be required.

The buckle herein described and shown forms the two ends of the strap, and does away with strap.

I do not claim; but

I claim as my invention a hook, B, a cross-bar, 07, provided with a piv oted tongue, e, a cross-bar, f, arranged between the bar at and the hook B, and adapted to support the free end of the tongue, a crossbar, g, arranged in rear of the cross-bar d, and provided with a pivoted tongue, h, and a cross bar, i,connecting the rear ends of the side bars,

pivoted tongue h, substantially as set forth.

i represents a cross-bar, which connects the rear ends of the side bars, A, of the buckleframe, and Which supports the free end of the tongue h, the latter bearing against the under strap K is attached to the of the tongue 0 and crossbars 61 and f. The strap runs forwardly from the cross-barfand through the opening be tween the cross-bar c-and the hook B, thence around the hook and back between the side is inserted between the cross-bar c and the adja'cent portion of the strap, as clearly shown in a neat and substantial means of connecting sewing or otherwise securing the buckle to the I am aware that it has been proposed to provide buckles of this class with a button, to which one end of the strap is secured, and this 1. A buckle composed of side bars, A, having their connected front ends provided with A, and adapted to support the free end of the 2. A buckle composed of sidebars,A, having their connected front ends provided with 100' the cross-bar l, which connects said side bars The strap runs thence through the hame ring or loop or other part to which it is attached, and which is not shown and thence backward and over the cross-bar t, where it engages with the tongue h, whereby it is securely attached to the a hook, B, n cross-bar, (1, provided with a piv- A, and adapted to support the free end of the oted tongue, 0, a cross-bar, f, arranged bepivoted tongue h and cross-bars c and 1, subtween the bar 11 and the hook B, and adapted stantially as set forth.

to support the free end of the tongue, at cross- EDWIN P. SEARS. 5 bar, 9, arranged in rear of the cross-bar d,and Witnesses:

provided with a pivoted tongue, h, and a cross J NO. J. BONNER,

bar, i, oonnectingthe rear ends of the side bars, CHAS. F. GEYER. 

